Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
Updated on June 18, 2025.
Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all North Carolina counties, Bertie County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (61.58%), followed by Hertford County (60.02%), and Northampton County (57.67%).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all North Carolina counties.
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Data Source: US Census Bureau (Vintage).
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Ranking of North Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are
Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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| Rank | County | % of County Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertie County | 61.58 |
| 2 | Hertford County | 60.02 |
| 3 | Northampton County | 57.67 |
| 4 | Edgecombe County | 57.61 |
| 5 | Halifax County | 52.95 |
| 6 | Warren County | 50.88 |
| 7 | Vance County | 50.37 |
| 8 | Anson County | 48.69 |
| 9 | Washington County | 48.49 |
| 10 | Martin County | 42.36 |
| 11 | Lenoir County | 40.54 |
| 12 | Wilson County | 39.47 |
| 13 | Nash County | 39.45 |
| 14 | Scotland County | 38.95 |
| 15 | Durham County | 37.38 |
| 16 | Tyrrell County | 36.57 |
| 17 | Greene County | 36.36 |
| 18 | Pasquotank County | 36.31 |
| 19 | Cumberland County | 35.98 |
| 20 | Pitt County | 34.57 |
| 21 | Bladen County | 34.21 |
| 22 | Chowan County | 33.81 |
| 23 | Guilford County | 33.51 |
| 24 | Hoke County | 32.84 |
| 25 | Caswell County | 32.64 |
| 26 | Gates County | 32.39 |
| 27 | Granville County | 31.69 |
| 28 | Wayne County | 31.33 |
| 29 | Mecklenburg County | 31.27 |
| 30 | Richmond County | 31.07 |
| 31 | Jones County | 30.44 |
| 32 | Columbus County | 30.1 |
| 33 | Hyde County | 28.17 |
| 34 | Person County | 26.62 |
| 35 | Sampson County | 25.87 |
| 36 | Forsyth County | 25.73 |
| 36 | Franklin County | 25.73 |
| 37 | Duplin County | 24.91 |
| 38 | Beaufort County | 24.79 |
| 39 | Robeson County | 23.84 |
| 40 | Perquimans County | 23.1 |
| 41 | Craven County | 21.12 |
| 42 | Harnett County | 20.65 |
| 43 | Cleveland County | 20.64 |
| 44 | Wake County | 20.28 |
| 45 | Pamlico County | 19.45 |
| 46 | Lee County | 19.36 |
| 47 | Alamance County | 19.18 |
| 48 | Rockingham County | 18.59 |
| 49 | Montgomery County | 18.4 |
| 50 | Cabarrus County | 16.54 |
| 51 | Pender County | 15.99 |
| 52 | Rowan County | 15.95 |
| 53 | Gaston County | 15.8 |
| 54 | Johnston County | 15.2 |
| 55 | Onslow County | 14.6 |
| 56 | New Hanover County | 13.93 |
| 57 | Moore County | 12.52 |
| 58 | Chatham County | 12.36 |
| 59 | Camden County | 12.04 |
| 60 | Orange County | 11.76 |
| 61 | Iredell County | 11.7 |
| 62 | Union County | 11.57 |
| 63 | Stanly County | 11.2 |
| 64 | Brunswick County | 10.64 |
| 65 | Rutherford County | 9.67 |
| 66 | Davidson County | 9 |
| 67 | Catawba County | 8.5 |
| 68 | Burke County | 6.51 |
| 69 | Buncombe County | 6.18 |
| 70 | Davie County | 6.03 |
| 71 | Randolph County | 5.97 |
| 72 | Alexander County | 5.67 |
| 73 | Carteret County | 5.63 |
| 74 | Currituck County | 5.56 |
| 75 | Lincoln County | 5.39 |
| 76 | Caldwell County | 4.67 |
| 77 | Polk County | 4.36 |
| 78 | Avery County | 4.2 |
| 78 | Wilkes County | 4.2 |
| 79 | Stokes County | 3.99 |
| 80 | Transylvania County | 3.72 |
| 81 | McDowell County | 3.57 |
| 82 | Surry County | 3.55 |
| 83 | Henderson County | 3.06 |
| 84 | Yadkin County | 2.97 |
| 85 | Dare County | 2.47 |
| 86 | Jackson County | 2.03 |
| 87 | Watauga County | 1.68 |
| 88 | Madison County | 1.43 |
| 89 | Alleghany County | 1.41 |
| 90 | Macon County | 1.29 |
| 91 | Cherokee County | 1.25 |
| 92 | Swain County | 1.15 |
| 93 | Haywood County | 1.09 |
| 94 | Clay County | 0.88 |
| 95 | Yancey County | 0.82 |
| 96 | Ashe County | 0.66 |
| 97 | Mitchell County | 0.48 |
| 98 | Graham County | 0.35 |